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gier. After his death they revered his sepulchre, which is 
placed in the chapel which I have described; and his 
younger brother, who has inherited his sanctity, is also 
venerated. This man is a great rogue, who from time 
to time came to pay me a visit, which was considered 
as a great favour by the inhabitants. His chapel and 
his house are a safe retreat for all criminals who want to 
escape the pursuits of justice. No Mussulman woi>^ / 
dare to enter his dwelling, without having prepared f6r 
it by a legal ablution with water taken from the well 
which is close to his door; but I, who by a special grace 
granted to my high birth, was looked upon as superior 
to any of them, entered sometimes on horseback with 
my servant into the saint's abode, without any ablution 
whatsoever. 
There is another saint much respected at Tangier, 
who also became my friend. He was a better sort of 
man; for, after telling him that he was a rogue, who was 
cheating his fellow citizens, he owned the truth, and 
laughed with me in secret at the credulity of the world. 
He repeated often his favourite saying, that fools are 
made for the amusement of men of ability. 
Another saint ran about the streets like a man out of 
his wits, followed by a great multitude. He walked 
with his head bare, his long hair curled, and carrying . 
in his hand a kind of rope, made from a plant called 
spartium, which grows abundantly in that country. This 
fellow distributed small bits of his rope, as so many 
relics to those who asked him for them. When I met 
him in the street, he gave me a whole handful of it, as a 
particular favour. I placed his gracious gift upon my 
breast, with all possible marks of veneration. 
One day, when I was walking in the streets, I was 
accosted by a Moor, who said to me, " Give me a pias- 
